Sharp, Daniel
Tenure-Track professorship in Applied Ethics at the Faculty of Philosophy and Education
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My research
My research focuses on moral and political questions about equality, migration, citizenship, and democracy. Much of my work explores the nature and value of equality, and traces the implications of taking equality seriously for contemporary political debates. I argue that a commitment to equality supports more open borders and I have developed an egalitarian theory of citizenship designed to inform policy debates about citizenship acquisition and loss. I also analyze the EU border regime and how it harms refugees. Recently, I have been writing about the threats facing contemporary democracies, such as extreme political polarization and surging far-right populism, and how citizens should respond to them.
Curriculum vitae
- 2008-2012 B.A. in Philosophy and B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley
- 2012-2014 Clinical Bioethics Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
- 2014-2015 Fulbright Grant, Vienna University of Economics and Business
- 2016-2022 PhD in Philosophy, New York University
- 2022-2026: Postdoctoral Fellow, Chair in Philosophy and Political Theory, LMU Munich
- 2024-2025 Winter Semester, Junior Researcher in Residence, Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich
- since February 2026 Tenure-Track professorship in Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
